CLARK COUNTY RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY
MEMBER PROJECT PAGE       
 
   
              LUIS MUNOZ' SCRATCH-BUILD
                            "WHAT'S IT"
                                  Page 2
                                                                                         Webmaster note:  Click on any picture below to see a larger view! 
 

Now that I had some plans, it was time to start the building process.    It has been a long time since I scratch built anything, so I spent some time picturing the build process in my head.  I had plenty of time to do this as I had to wait for my balsa order to come in.  During the time I was waiting for the wood, I decided to make a template of the wing rib out of acrylic. 
One could use most anything to make a template, but acrylic is what I had.  Once the template was made, and the wood arrived I could start building.  I used the rib template to outline the ribs on the sheet and also to cut out the ribs.




Marking notches in ribs:  Once the ribs were cut out I sandwiched them in between the two templates for sanding and to mark and cut out the notches.






Marking notches in ribs.



                Cutting out notches in ribs using the template.


    Sanding,         sanding,

       then,

   

    Wa-La!




I used cardboard to make templates to hollow out the center of all but two of the ribs and used the Dremel tool to sand everything down.
                                                           
                                                            Now, on to the wing!
  Comments?  Click here to send Luis a message.                    Project Page: Home 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  Home    Project Home
All Rights Reserved